Colts owner Jim Irsay decided to cryptically tweet lyrics to the band’ s 1996 single “Off He Goes,” Thursday night, a rather obvious allusion to the return of a long-lost friend. USA TODAY Sports’ Simon Samano and Lindsay Jones took that method a little further, finding even more Pearl Jam lyrics that would suit Peyton Manning’s return to Indianapolis.

While Irsay is in a league of his own among NFL bosses social media-wise, it would be amazing to imagine what could happen if other owners started expressing their feelings towards opposing players via the words of their favorite musicians.

I’m all for Jerry Jones tweeting for the first time in two years with some obscure George Strait lyric that taunts Chip Kelly’s offense. Patriots owner Robert Kraft is good friends with Jon Bon Jovi. Might he regale Rex Ryan and Geno Smith with lines from “Livin on a Prayer?” Vikings owner Zygi Wilf might not even like Stone Temple Pilots, but the urge to tweet “I’m half the man I used to be” to Eli Manning after Irsay dedicated Pearl Jam to Peyton just might be too difficult to pass up before Monday night.

Now on to the five key players [not named Peyton Manning] to pay attention to this weekend.

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Josh Freeman, QB, Minnesota VikingsThe quarterback with the second most scrutiny in Week 7 certainly gets a soft landing spot to begin his tenure with the Vikings. While making his Minnesota debut on Monday Night Football certainly elevates the stakes, Freeman’s first test comes against a Giants defense that hasn’t had much success in stopping the pass (or the run for that matter).

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Eric Fisher, RT, Kansas City ChiefsThe top overall pick in April’s draft gets the biggest test of his NFL career as he lines up against Texans star defensive end J.J. Watt. With Houston’s season basically on the line this early in the schedule, the league’s reigning defensive player of the year certainly has to be feeling the urgency. It’ll be the highly-touted rookie’s job to shut that down.

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Case Keenum, QB, Houston TexansOn the other side of the ball in the Texans-Chiefs game, the second year undrafted free agent will try to stop Houston’s current five-game streak of quarterbacks throwing a pick six in what will be the first regular season action of his career. A record-setting quarterback at the University of Houston, Keenum’s local college fame should at least prevent Texans fans from cheering if he gets knocked out of the game with an injury if he’s still the starter in their next home game in Week 9.

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Joseph Randle, RB, Dallas Cowboys
With DeMarco Murray likely out with a knee injury against Philadelphia, the bulk of the Cowboys’ carries look to go to the rookie fifth-round pick from Oklahoma State. Randle ran for 17 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries in relief of Murray last week, but the team will expect bigger gains against an Eagles defense that is currently allowing an average of four yards per carry.

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Ndamukong Suh, DT, Detroit LionsThe former top overall pick was fined $31,500 for a hit on Cleveland’s Brandon Weeden in Week 6 that most likely wouldn’t have been assessed to any other player without his history of unsportsmanlike plays. Suh said this week that “there’s always going to be a microscope on me,” and perhaps even more so this week as the Lions look to tighten their grip on first place in the NFC North with a win against the Cincinnati Bengals. If he can disrupt Andy Dalton more than the league’s other best defensive tackle, Cincinnati’s Geno Atkins can get to Matthew Stafford, the Lions could be sitting at 5-2 on Sunday night.

The Chargers would be an unwise bet in your survivor pool this week.
If you’ve managed to survive your NFL survivor pool so far by solely picking Jacksonville’s opponent the first six weeks, you may want to reconsider that strategy this week.

San Diego is flying all the way to Florida in what was already a short week to begin with following the Chargers’ win over Indianapolis Monday night. San Diego hasn’t won back-to-back games yet this season and faces a Jacksonville team that likely gained a decent amount of confidence after staying competitive through three quarters with a heavily favored Broncos team last week.

Add the emergence of Justin Blackmon the past two weeks into the mix and Chad Henne now has a playmaker who can free up Cecil Shorts at the other receiver spot let alone give the Jags running game a little more room to breathe. With the Chargers defense ranking 25th against the pass, there could be enough opportunities for the Jaguars to keep up with Philip Rivers and get a surprising first win.

NFL owners need to tweet song lyrics all the time and other Week 7 NFL advice

Jim Irsay quotes Pearl Jam for Peyton, the Chargers survivor chances and five players to watch this weekend.

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